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Biological Activity Expectorant

List of activity chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Dosage Reference
1,8-CINEOLE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
4',5-DIHYDROXY-6,7-DIOXOMETHYLENE-FLAVONE-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE not available Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
ACALYPHINE not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID not available Martindale's 28th
ALANTOLACTONE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ALPHA-PINENE not available Michael Castleman 1991. The Healing Herbs. Rodale Press, Emmaus, PA 436 pp.
AMURENSINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AMURINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AMYGDALIN not available Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators)
ANETHOLE not available Martindale's 29th
APOMORPHINE not available Duke, 1992 *
ASTRAGALIN not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
BETA-SESQUIPHELLANDRENE not available Duke, 1992 *
BETAINE not available Duke, 1992 *
BORNYL-ACETATE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
BORRECAPINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
BORRELINE not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CAMPHENE not available Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Abelmoschus esculentus Okra 2 0
Abelmoschus moschatus Ambrette; Musk Okra; Tropical Jewel Hibiscus; Muskmallow 1 0
Abies alba Silver-Fir 4 2, 807
Abies balsamea Balsam Fir 5 9, 595
Abies sachalinensis Japanese Fir; Shin-Yo-Yu 2 14, 760
Abies spectabilis not available 4 2, 060
Abrus precatorius Crab's Eye; Jequerity; Coral Beadplant; Indian Licorice; Licorice Vine; Love Bean; Lucky Bean; Minnie-Minnies; Prayer Beads; Precatory Bean; Red Beadvine; Rosary Pea; Weatherplant; Weathervine; Jequirity Bean 1 1, 687, 500
Acacia decurrens Green Wattle 1 0
Acacia farnesiana Cassie; Huisache; Sweet Acacia; Opopanax; Popinac 4 0
Acacia melanoxylon Blackwood 1 0
Acalypha indica Cancer Herb; Indian Acalypha; Copperleaf; Indian Nettle; Three-Seeded-Mercury 1 0
Achillea millefolium Yarrow; Milfoil 14 20, 790
Achillea moschata Iva 1 414
Achyranthes aspera Chaff Flower 1 0
Achyranthes bidentata Chaff Flower 1 0
Acinos alpinus Te de Sierra Nevada 3 4
Acinos suaveolens not available 9 16, 028
Acorus calamus Sweetflag; Calamus; Flagroot; Myrtle Flag; Sweet Calamus; Sweetroot 10 73, 140
Actaea racemosa Black Cohosh; Black Snakeroot 1 0
Adiantum capillus-veneris Maidenhair Fern 1 0